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Review: Acer Aspire One Is In The Game
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[News] Sub-notebook with GNU/Linux (Linpus) Impresses

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Review: Acer Aspire One Is In The Game

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| The Linpus OS on this netbook loads in less than 15 seconds into a
| well-organized home screen where applications are grouped by function. The
| Internet applications, such as IM, e-mail and browsing, are in one box,
| office applications in another, and so forth.
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| The power consumption is impressive, drawing very little power, a little less
| than 30 watts. The battery life was measured by playing a movie continuously
| using VLC and with power saving settings turned off. It lasted about four and
| a half hours, about on par with the Asus EEE. Unlike most other laptops, the
| Aspire One remained fairly cool to the touch, with surface temperatures
| barely reaching 100 degrees after two hours of operation. On a recent
| cross-country trip, the Aspire One easily lasted a whole day with a user
| editing some documents, writing memos, and surfing the Internet in the
| airport and on a flight without requiring a charge.
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Microsoft and its 'talking heads' are busily spread FUD about some generic
thing called "Linux".

Yesterday:

I’m turning Taiwanese (I really think so)

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| As for my first non-Mac experience in some time, Linpus Linux served on Acer
| Aspire has me pretty well hooked. I’ve got pretty close to touch-typing on
| the keyboard; and that was my biggest area of concern. The screen quality is
| as good as any of the reviews have already said it is. Video seems to play
| really well (although it struggled a bit with Little Britain USA on BBC
| iPlayer) and I think the on board games are cool.
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| At the time of writing we were only able to procure an Aspire One that runs
| on the Linpus Linux Lite operating system, hence this review will focus on
| the Linux version of the mini notebook.
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| A few weeks ago I became the proud owner of an Acer Aspire One Linux edition
| (reviewed here). Out of the box, this little wonder comes with the relatively
| unknown Linux distribution Linpus Linux Lite, which has been customized
| somewhat by Acer to make the most of the hardware in the Aspire One. The
| screenshot above and many more pictures of Acer’s version of Linpus are
| available at Golem.de, or you can find captures of the vanilla Linpus Lite
| 9.4 here.
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| Windows XP Home will be available on more expensive Aspire One models, but
| this one uses the free Linux operating system with a selection of useful
| programs installed. We liked the ability to start both Firefox and Openoffice
| Writer from the front screen, and the email and instant messaging programs
| can cleverly connect to several services.
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| The Aspire One is definitely a contender, coming with the Linpus version of
| Linux and enhanced with a friendly interface that looks graphically nicer
| than that which comes with the Xandros powered version of Linux on the Asus
| Eee PC.
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| Gianpiero Morbello, Acer’s Vice President of Marketing and Brand, interviewed
| by vnunet, said, bluntly, that Acer “has shifted towards Linux because of
| Microsoft”.
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| He didn’t elaborate but went on to say, perhaps more importantly,
| that “Microsoft has a lot of power” which could make things difficult for
| them but they were nevertheless “determined to develop the Linux market”.
| That’s pretty bold talk but as the saying goes, the proof of the pudding is
| in the eating. We’ll have wait and see if they have the stomach for a
| showdown with Microsoft when the threats start to come. Perhaps they might
| start backsliding like Asus. In the real world, Microsoft has real power and
| it has never been slow or afraid to wield it when its commercial interests
| are threatened. Linpus Technologies haven’t been behind the door either. As
| the software vendors of Linpus Linux Lite they have pitched their product to
| GNU/LInux novices and experts alike
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| The HP 2133 is another well spec’d contender but it chose to install SUSE, a
| Novell product that is being currently boycotted by many in the Unix
| community because of its link up with……Microsoft.
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| At launch, the company stated the basic version of the Eee PC rival would run
| Linux, pack in 8GB of solid-state storage and 512MB of memory, and sport a
| £199 price tag. Company officials stressed that that figure included VAT, the
| UK's 17.5 per cent sales tax.
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| Many of us will be familiar with Linux-based operating systems, but
| relatively few of you will have seen the particular 'Linpus' implementation
| in the One. The home screen is divided into four sections: "Connect" for all
| Internet, instant messenger and email-related tasks; "Work" for accessing
| OpenOffice word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and database
| applications; "Fun" for the games, media player and photo management
| software; and "Files" for accessing your data. There's also a search bar at
| the top right that can be used to search the Internet directly or the files
| on the hard drives.
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
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| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
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| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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